‘Very Anti-Social’: Suspect in Boulder Supermarket Massacre Was Paranoid, Brother Says  —  Police also identified the ten people who lost their lives when the 21-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire on Monday afternoon.  —  Authorities on Tuesday identified the suspect in the shooting deaths …

Scoop: Democrats confront White House over lack of AAPI Cabinet representation  —  Two Democratic senators of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage confronted a senior White House official Monday night over the absence of AAPI representation in President Biden's Cabinet, four Senate aides familiar with the call tell Axios.

U.S. Health Officials Question AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Results  —  According to federal officials, an independent panel of medical experts said the promising results announced by the company on Monday may have relied on “outdated information.”  —  Federal health officials …

Biden's first news conference is a test for him.  But it's a bigger test for White House reporters.  —  The first news conference of a new administration is always a high-stakes affair for the White House.  —  How will the new president do under the glare of direct questioning from a crowd of correspondents?

Former professor says Yale fired her over tweet on Trump, Dershowitz  —  Bandy Lee MED '94 DIV '95, a formerly Yale-affiliated faculty member in the School of Medicine and Yale Law School, filed a complaint against the University on Monday alleging “unlawful termination …

Netanyahu clinches 61 majority on Right on way to victory - exit polls  —  Three polls give Netanyahu's bloc a 61 seat majority in the Knesset with Naftali Bennett's Yamina Party.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to form a government for the seventh time in his three-decade …

Top Saudi official issued death threat against UN's Khashoggi investigator  —  Senior official twice threatened to have Agnès Callamard ‘taken care of’ in meeting with UN colleagues in Geneva in January 2020  —  A senior Saudi official issued what was perceived to be a death threat …

MyPillow's Mike Lindell hires frequent Trump booster Alan Dershowitz to ‘countersue’ Dominion Voting Systems: report  —  Embattled pillow magnet, Trump supporter and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell has hired frequent cable network “legal expert” Alan Dershowitz to “countersue” …

There's no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border.  Here's the data.  —  Evidence reveals the usual seasonal bump — plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic  —  Last week, at the U.S. border with Mexico, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

Why Eleanor Holmes Norton Is Optimistic About D.C. Statehood  —  Thirty years after the congresswoman's statehood bill failed, she's seeing a light at the end of the tunnel  —  Monday, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing to discuss H.R. 51, the bill to give the District of Columbia statehood.

The NRA blocked an AR-15 ban and innocents immediately paid the price  —  This week's mass shooting in Colorado makes it clear the NRA's pro-death policies have gone from absurd political theatrics to clear and present danger.  Just last week, the NRA celebrated a big victory over the city of Boulder …

What we learned registering thousands of our neighbors for vaccines  —  In early January, Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter launched for New Yorkers to get through the pandemic, began registering members of our community for vaccines.  —  As of this writing, we have booked more than 2,600 appointments.

White People Don't Have a Monopoly on Hatred  —  I know.  I once held bigoted beliefs myself. … Middle school is terrible for everyone, but you're going to have to trust me that it was rougher on me than many.  I was short, funny-looking, and a practicing Muslim in a town called Kennesaw …

Mayor Ends Remote Work for 80,000 in Signal to Rest of New York City  —  Office workers will return starting May 3 in a move that is intended to broadcast a message that New York is reopening for business.  —  For the last year, New York City has been running in the shadow of a deadly pandemic …

Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said.  Some may finally be released in coming months.  —  Almost as soon as she opened a politically charged investigation in 2019 into whether the Trump White House blocked hurricane relief to a devastated Puerto Rico …

The Strongest House Candidates In 2020 Were (Mostly) Moderate  —  Moderate politicians are becoming an endangered species.  The most liberal Republican in Congress nowadays is still ideologically to the right of the most conservative Democrat, reflecting the fact that the median voters …

Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job  —  The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.  —  Lauren Kaori Gurley  —  Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a …

Is ‘All Gas No Brakes’ Over?  —  Andrew Callaghan, 23, built a following with his YouTube series “All Gas No Brakes.”  This month, he announced that he'd left the show.  Here's what happened.  —  Since 2019, Andrew Callaghan, 23, has been crisscrossing the country in a beat-up R.V …

DHS looking at tracking travel of domestic extremists  —  The Department of Homeland Security is considering monitoring the travel of domestic extremists and expanding its use of the No Fly List, law enforcement sources told POLITICO.  —  The discussions are part of the Biden administration's strategy …

Judge warns DOJ that media interviews could taint Oath Keepers case  —  A federal judge lambasted the Justice Department on Tuesday, warning that top officials' comments in recent media interviews threatened to taint the prosecution of some of the most notorious participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Manchin says he doesn't support House-passed background check bill  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Tuesday that he does not support House-passed legislation to expand background checks to all gun sales.  —  “What the House passed?  Not at all,” Manchin said, when asked if he supports the legislation.

There is no immigration crisis  —  If you've been reading or watching mainstream media over the past week or so, you've undoubtedly heard a lot about a supposed screaming emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.  More migrants are trying to cross the border, which all three network Sunday shows …

Fox News would be in trouble without ‘actual malice’ standard  —  Media critic  —  D.C. Circuit Senior Judge Laurence H. Silberman is worried about media homogeneity in the United States.  Mainstream press organizations, he wrote in a much-discussed tract published on Friday, err in the leftward direction.

Why Democrats In Congress Need Biden's Approval Rating To Stay In The Mid-50s  —  A majority of Americans, about 55 percent, approve of President Biden's job performance so far, whereas about 39 percent disapprove.  Those are pretty good numbers for a president in this polarized era.

Yellen Pledges to Work With Congress on Ways to Ease SALT Cap  — Secretary says she wants to find ‘fair’ solution for the limit  — Some Democrats are seeking repeal of $10,000 limitation  —  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledged to work with Congress to ease the $10,000 cap …

The rush to replace Rush  —  Conservative commentator and longtime talk radio host Dana Loesch has signed a new three-year deal with Radio America, a conservative talk radio network, Loesch tells Axios.  —  Details: Loesch's new contract will keep the ‘The Dana Show’ at the 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. time-slot …

After year of isolation, 2021 Wilbur Award Winners paint story of resilience  —  Religion Communicators Council honors 20 for work during 2020  —  NEW YORK — The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) announces 20 Wilbur Award winners to honor excellence by individuals in the secular media …